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Class number:
3281
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Title: Place in the Native Northeast |
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Department: History |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 9 |
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Current enrollment: 9 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, LIB - 103 |
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Instructor(s): Wickman, Thomas |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities & Identity Power Equity Req |
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Note: 7 seats reserved for HIST majors, 2 seats for second-year students. |
Course Description:
This course introduces students to critical histories of Dawnland, or the Native Northeast, now more commonly known as New England. The seminar offers a place-based introduction to the ways that Native nations of the Northeast have adapted, recreated, and reaffirmed connections to their homelands and territories, from the fifteenth century to the present. Connecticut's Indigenous peoples will be centered, including Wangunk, Mashantucket Pequot, Mohegan, Schaghticoke, Eastern Pequot, and Golden Hill Paugussett people. Struggles for Native sovereignty and better Indigenous futures will be discussed throughout the semester. Topics include the Pequot War, Indigenous slavery, Black-Native histories, urban Indigenous histories, language revitalization, and food sovereignty. Readings will cover major themes in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS), with special emphasis on sense of place. |